Almost 8 quintals of pure cocaine hidden in two containers : this is what the Guardia di Finanza seized in the port of Gioia Tauro .
The operation, carried out by the Provincial Command of the Guardia di Finanza of Reggio Calabria in collaboration with the personnel of the Customs and Monopolies Agency, is part of a complex action plan developed throughout the Gioia port area where inspections have been intensified with the aim of intercepting , among the thousands of containers moved, those used to hide drugs.
The cocaine, if placed on the market, could have earned criminal organizations over 126 million euros.
Three suspicious containers coming from South America, and headed to some ports in Italy and Spain, were checked. Some blocks of cocaine were hidden inside hundreds of bags of pellets , while others had been carefully hidden inside a cavity created in the engine compartment of a refrigerated container transporting frozen fish .
(Unioneonline/vl)